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gavel

[ US /ˈɡævəɫ/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈævə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

How To Use gavel In A Sentence

  • The silence was broken by the gavel pounding on the judge's perch.
  • It brought home to millions the excitement of gavel-to-gavel coverage of the presidential nominating conventions.
  • The main reason religious arguments are gavelled out of the courtrooms is that the rules of law require logic. Denton vs Squid; the eye as suboptimal design. - The Panda's Thumb
  • Partible inheritance was, for example, a distinct feature of Kentish gavelkind tenures, which were classified as free, and also survived amongst customary tenants in parts of northern and eastern England.
  • His network DID provide gavel-to-gavel coverage - but only via the Internet.
  • Then, with a final stroke of his gavel, the auctioneer declared that the auction was over.
  • These golden geese continued to be offered the way they sold best - in real-time sales with glossy printed catalogs and elegant auctioneers wielding polished wooden gavels.
  • The judge banged his gavel several times to demand silence, but he couldn't be heard above the noise that was increasing by the minute.
  • Above the rising hubbub came the sudden, sharp hammering of a gavel. COMPULSION
  • Once again the presiding judge rapped briefly with his gavel. PROSECUTOR
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